Stock image of some Moai statues on Easter Island. One viral Reddit post claims that the largest ever carved statue was never erected, and measured 70 feet tall. Stock image of some Moai statues ...

Moai, whose torsos are buried underground, are famous for their carved heads and "Pukao," a hat-like covering made from a soft red stone. The monoliths are enormous, too, with the largest statue ...

Equally interesting are their physical properties. The average moai statue measures 13 feet (although the largest reaches a whopping 70 feet) and weighs up to 14 tons, or roughly twice as heavy as ...

While the largest of the statues weighs 86 tons and rises 32 feet tall, most of the moai average about half that size. About 95 percent are carved from the volcanic tuff, but a few are made from ...

But the true number of moai on the island is unknown because many remain buried in the Rano Raraku quarry on the island’s south shore, where the statues were built. The largest discovered moai ...

Moai: Theorized for Paro, the largest statue erected on an ahu (Ahu Te Pito Kura), standing approximately 32.45 feet tall and weighing 82 tons. Method:The process involved using two gigantic ...

A new moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.

The moai was found lying in a dried-up lagoon inside a volcano crater, leading researchers to believe there could be more statues and archaeological finds nearby. Researchers have uncovered ...